Diet for a New America

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From John Robbins, a new edition of the classic that awakened the conscience of a nation. Since the 1987 publication of <i>Diet for a New America</i>, beef consumption in the United States has fallen a remarkable 19%. While many forces are contributing to this dramatic shift in our habits, <i>Diet for a New America</i> is considered to be one of the most important. <i>Diet for a New America</i> is a startling examination of the food we currently buy and eat in the United States, and the astounding moral, economic, and emotional price we pay for it. <P>In Section I, John Robbins takes an extraordinary look at our dependence on animals for food and the inhumane conditions under which these animals are raised. It becomes clear that the price we pay for our eating habits is measured in the suffering of animals, a suffering so extreme and needless that it disrupts our very place in the web of life. <P>Section II challenges the belief that consuming meat is a requirement for health by pointing our the vastly increased rate of disease caused by pesticides, hormones, additives, and other chemicals now a routine part of our food production. The author shows us that the high health risk is unnecessary, and that the production, preparation, and consumption of food can once again be a healthy process. <P>In Section III, Robbins looks at the global implications of a meat-based diet and concludes that the consumption of the resources necessary to produce meat is a major factor in our ecological crisis. <P><i>Diet for a New America</i> is the single most eloquent argument for a vegetarian lifestyle ever published. Eloquently, evocatively, and entertainingly written, it is a cant put down book guaranteed to amaze, infuriate, but ultimately educate and empower the reader. A pivotal book nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction in 1987.:
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Why is it ....................when the third world countries, who are basically vegans, when they can afford it, they desire meat ? Why is it............the affluent people in the world, they can afford choice, try to make the rest succomb to their ways of thinking ? I see all this noise in diets happen in last 10 - 15 years, how did we baby boomers get this far by eating so wrong ? What is the boomers goal....be the healthiest person in your Alzheimer's unit ?

great book
very informative...took extensive notes while reading...definitely will read again. Excellent book to read after I read Mad Cowboy and China Study.

a decent classic
I'm into the health food movement like a lot of people nowdays. Unfortunately most books and programs don't cover all of the many ways to get and stay healthy. Although the above book listed is an excellent resource. It's like most authors and programs are trying to be too pc (politically correct). To correct myself a little, most health advice, programs, books and supplements usually offer pretty good advice these days.You know:
1. Don't alcohol
2. Don't abuse drugs
3. Don't smoke (cigaretts and the like)
4. Eat move live fresh fruits and vegetables.
5. Eat less process foods and meats.
Now all of this is good advice, although there is a right way and wrong way to do anything. I saw an excellent book with a good 8 step plan. Search Amazon for: The Magic Of Mother Nature's Healing Foods. I liked it.

Great book!
An inside look into the American meat industry. I became a vegetarian 20 years ago after reading this book.

realistic dieting
This book opened my eyes to a whole new way of life concerning my eating habits. The author teaches that dieting isn't what we can't have, but rather what we can have. Its a whole new spin on "the dieting game".

The book teaches a new life style, not the dieting then stopping and returning to the way you used to eat roller coaster. This book is insightful and amazingly simple. It also explains that what we put in our bodies is what we will get out of it, if not now then later but it will eventually catch up with us.

I reccomend this book to all people not just those desiring to lose weight.

Lori Ann Libby
author of
The Adventures of Henry Hamper and the Flying Fish

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